Micromoon | 7th January & 6th February
You’ve probably heard about “Supermoons”, a phenomenon where the moon appears larger than normal, but how about a “Micromoon”? The Moon’s orbit around Earth is slightly oval shaped or elliptical. So, every month there’s a time when the Moon is at its closest distance...
Venus, Saturn & The Moon | 23rd January
Venus, Saturn and a very thin crescent Moon appear very close together in the western sky. Look for a bright star-like object low to the west. That's Venus. Above Venus is the Moon and close below is a second star-like object, Saturn! Use the Quasar Publishing image...
Magellanic Clouds | Summer & Autumn
Travelling in country WA gives you an excellent opportunity to see something not normally visible under bright city lights. The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (sometimes abbreviated to LMC and SMC!) are galaxies outside of our own Milky Way Galaxy. From Earth, they...
Living by the Six Seasons of the Noongar Aboriginal Calendar – Birak
Although mainstream education teaches the four seasons of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, Western Australia’s Noongar Aboriginal people lived by six seasons. These seasons clearly indicate change in weather. Aboriginal culture dates back tens of thousands of years...
Orion the Hunter
Orion the Hunter is a famous summer constellation and it is up in the early evening to see now. First thing in the evening, look directly to the east. The brightest star you'll see is Sirius. Directly to the left of Sirius is what is often referred to as the...
Full Moon
7 January
Rises 8:02pm
Last Quarter
15 January
New Moon
22 January
First Quarter
28 January